Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)

Director:

Jan Kounen

Writers:

Chris Greenhalgh (screenplay)
Chris Greenhalgh (novel)
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Release Date:

31 July 2009 (Norway)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work...

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Russian | 1920s | Fashion | Lust

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Anna Mouglalis	...	Coco Chanel
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Igor Stravinsky
Elena Morozova	...	Katarina Stravinskaya
Natacha Lindinger	...	Misia Sert
Grigori Manoukov	...	Sergey Diagilev
Rasha Bukvic	...	Grand Duke Dimitri
Nicolas Vaude	...	Ernest Beaux
Anatole Taubman	...	Arthur 'Boy' Capel
Erick Desmarestz	...	Le médecin (as Eric Desmarestz)
Clara Guelblum	...	Milena Stravinskaya
Maxime Daniélou	...	Teodor Stravinsky
Sophie Hasson	...	Ludmila Stravinskaya
Nikita Ponomarenko	...	Sulima Stravinskaya
Catherine Davenier	...	Marie
Olivier Claverie	...	Joseph
Marek Kossakowski	...	Vaslav Nijinsky
Jérôme Pillement	...	Pierre Monteux, le chef d'orchestre
Anton Yakovlev	...	Anton
Irina Vavilova	...	La gouvernante
Julie Farenc	...	Julie - la vendeuse (as Julie Farenc Deramond)
Emy Lévy	...	Fille atelier
Sarah Jérôme	...	Fille atelier
Tina Sportolaro	...	Secrétaire Beaux
Michel Ruhl	...	Le baron
Pierre Chydivar	...	Musicien russe
Agnès Vikouloff	...	Musicienne russe
Sacha Vikouloff	...	Musicien russe
Jean-David Baschung	...	Le médecin
Marek Tomaszewski	...	Le pianiste
David Tomaszewski	...	Le premier violon
Cyril Accorsi	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Matthieu Bajolet	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Caroline Baudouin	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Laura Biasse	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Barbara Caillieu	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Marie-Laure Caradec	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Damien Dreux	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Sophie Gérard	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Patrick Harley	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Inès Hernandez	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Anne Laurent	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Thibaud Le Maguer	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Anne Lenglet	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Olivier Normand	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Florent Otello	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Edouard Pelleray	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Judith Perron	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Pascal Queneau	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Enora Rivere	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Julie Salgues	...	Danseuse 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Jonathan Schatz	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
Wu Zheng	...	Danseur 'Le Sacre du printemps'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sarah Barlondo	...	The Young Girl in Red (uncredited)
Pierre Glénat	...	Barman (uncredited)
Aurélie Le Roc'h	...	Mme Schmitt (uncredited)

Directed by
Jan Kounen

Writing credits
Chris Greenhalgh		(screenplay and dialogue)
Chris Greenhalgh		(novel "Coco & Igor")
Carlo De Boutiny		(adaptation) and
Jan Kounen		(adaptation)

Produced by
Albina Boeckli	....	associate producer
Chris Bolzli	....	producer
Philippe Delest	....	line producer
Kazutaka Kimori	....	associate producer: Hexagon Pictures
Claudie Ossard	....	producer
Yoichi Sakai	....	associate producer: Hexagon Pictures
Veronika Zonabend	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Gabriel Yared		(original score music)

Cinematography by
David Ungaro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Anny Danché

Casting by
Gigi Akoka

Production Design by
Marie-Hélène Sulmoni

Set Decoration by
Philippe Cord'homme		(set decoration)

Costume Design by
Chattoune
Fab

Makeup Department
Laurent Bozzi	....	lead hair stylist
Christophe Chabenet	....	special makeup effects artist
Valérie Chapelle	....	makeup artist
Agathe Dupuis	....	key hair stylist
Christophe Giraud	....	makeup artist
Mathilde Humeau	....	additional makeup artist
Nathalie Kovalski	....	makeup artist
Hugues Lavau	....	makeup artist
Karine Meyer	....	hair stylist
Lydia Pujols	....	makeup artist
Estelle Tolstoukine	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Céline André	....	assistant production manager
Varujan Gumusel	....	post-production manager
Johann Jolivet	....	set production manager
Antoine Rabaté	....	post-production supervisor
Jean-Pierre Sachs	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dominique Delany	....	first assistant director
Franck Giraud	....	second assistant director
Estelle Gérard	....	crowd assistant director

Art Department
Claire Amoureux-Nicole	....	first assistant art director
Bernard Bridon	....	property master
Philippe Cord'homme	....	set dresser
Sévérine Guilbaud	....	assistant set dresser
Marie Heyndrickx	....	graphic designer
Nadine Hibon	....	assistant art director
Maud Hubert	....	assistant art director
Kathy Lebrun	....	set dresser
Samir Moundy	....	assistant property master
Samir Moundy	....	swing gang
Christian Vallat	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Philippe Amouroux	....	foley recordist
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Yohanan Braunschvig	....	additional foley
Matthieu Fichet	....	assistant sound editor
Isabelle Manquillet	....	dialogue editor
Marc Mnémosyne	....	sound mix technician
Avril Noviant	....	boom operator
Loïc Prian	....	sound editor
Raphael Sohier	....	sound editor
Vincent Tulli	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne Paris
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Romain Leclerc	....	Flame artist
Stephane Lesmond	....	visual effects video assist
Peregrine McCafferty	....	matchmove artist
Benoit Philippon	....	visual effects supervisor
Marion Roger	....	senior digital compositor
Stephanie Saillard	....	digital compositor: Mac Guff
Antonin Seydoux	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	additional assistant camera
Cécile Arthuis	....	additional second assistant camera
Joan Bansillon	....	grip
Xavier Bompard	....	video assist
Julien Cottret	....	additional grip
Stéphane Duchemin	....	grip
Julien Pamart	....	second assistant camera
Mathieu Ungaro	....	key grip

Casting Department
Estelle Chauvin	....	extras casting assistant
Brigitte Fourcade	....	casting
Dany Héricourt	....	casting assistant
Mathilde Kraemer	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chloe Bartonio	....	set costumer
Sandrine Bernard	....	costume supervisor
Agnès Beziers	....	wardrobe
Caroline de Tugny	....	patina & tint
Ferenc Fulmer	....	costumer
Morgane Lambert	....	additional wardrobe
Sandrine Langen	....	set costumer
Marion Morice	....	assistant costume designer
Sylvie Ong	....	costume supervisor
Aurélie Rogemond	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Denis Bedlow	....	first assistant editor
Mickaël Commereuc	....	colorist assistant
Xavier Desjours	....	dailies color grader
Charlotte Lamy Le Loet	....	color timer
Fabien Pascal	....	colorist
Julien Malaury	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Jean-Pierre Arquie	....	music supervisor
Jeff Atmajian	....	conductor
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Philippe Bourorga	....	additionnal music manager
Peter Cobbin	....	score engineer
Peter Cobbin	....	score mixer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Lewis Jones	....	pro tools recordist
Lewis Morison	....	synthesizer programmer
Jen Moss	....	music supervisor
Marie Sabbah	....	music supervisor
Marek Tomaszewski	....	composer: additional music
Kirsty Whalley	....	music editor
Thomas Jamois	....	soundtrack coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Dominique Brun	....	choreographer: recreation of the "The Rite of Spring" from original choreography by Vaslav Nijinski
Francine Cathelain	....	script supervisor
Christophe Chauveau	....	location scout
Virginie Cheval	....	assistant script supervisor
Aurore Coppa	....	assistant location manager: Grasse
Marie-Noelle Hauville	....	production accountant
Auriane Lacince	....	assistant script supervisor
Nicolas Piechaczek	....	location manager
Jeremy Pronier	....	production assistant
David Tomaszewski	....	title designer
Romain Tuilier	....	assistant: director

Thanks
Alejandro Jodorowsky	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Eurowide Film Production (presents)
• Hexagon Pictures
• Filmazure (in association with)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)
• TPS Star (with the participation of)
• Wild Bunch (with the participation of)
• Région Ile-de-France (with the support of)
• Cinémage 3 (in association with)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)

Distributors

• Wild Bunch Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Hexagon Pictures (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bir Film (2009) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2010) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Spentzos Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Thim Film (2010) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2009) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Channel One Russia (2010) (Russia) (TV)
• Cinema Mondo (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Cinemas Nueva Era (2009) (Mexico) (all media)
• Cinéart (2010) (Belgium) (all media)
• Cinéart (2010) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Imovision (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Koch Media (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Soda Pictures (2010) (UK) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Spentzos Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Teleview International (2009) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)

Other Companies

• Chanel  special thanks
• Film Music Services  composer's agency
• Film Music Services  music supervision
• Funn  hosiery (uncredited)
• Lalique  antiques
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes by

Also Known As:

"Coco & Igor" - France (working title), International (English title) (short title)
"Chanel & Stravinsky" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality and nudity

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

France | Japan | Switzerland

Language:

French | Russian | English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45603) | Japan:R18+ | Hong Kong:III | Portugal:M/16 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:R21 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:MA | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | New Zealand:M | Japan:R15+ (edited for DVD) | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | South Korea:18

Company:

Eurowide Film Production

Trivia:

Both Chanel and its then chief designer Karl Lagerfeld lent their support to the film, allowing the production access to the company archives and to Coco Chanel's apartment at 31, rue Cambon, Paris.

Goofs:

Factual errors: While the film presents the premiere of "The Rite of Spring" as if it took place in the beginning of the program for the evening, in fact it was preceded by another ballet, titled "Les Sylphides". "The Rite of Spring" was second on the program.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hannibal: Oeuf (#1.4)" (2013)

Soundtrack:

Les Cinqs Doigts

You can't buy love or art

According to some historians, the couturier Coco Chanel and the modernist composer Igor Stravinsky had a brief affair in the early 1920s. Stravinsky was married with a family while Coco was unattached. According to the scriptwriters their paths had crossed before, in 1913, when the "The Rite of Spring" a ballet by Diaghilev with music by Stravinsky opened in Paris, causing such a commotion that the police were called. Coco was one of the audience who liked the piece. Seven or so years later she invited Stravinsky and his family to live in her elegant suburban villa. Stravinsky's wife Katerina was suffering from TB. It's not long before he and Coco are making passionate love and not long after that the rest of the household twigs to what is going on. The affair does not last long though it impels Stravinsky to the completion of one of his major works. To him, charming and successful as she is, Coco is not an artist, merely a shopkeeper, and he does not dissent when Katerina points out Coco buys people.

Coco went on to make a fortune out of perfume as well as clothes and Stravinsky became a major 20th century composer. She seems to have gotten over Stravinsky fairly quickly and indeed continued to support (anonymously) his work. Stravinsky on the other hand seems to have been shaken to the core. He did, after all, have something to lose, whereas Coco was a free agent.

This production is all that you would expect from a European director – it is all beautifully framed and shot – Coco's own designs are much in evidence – and the story proceeds at a stately pace. As Stravinsky, Mads Mikkelsen, best known as a Bond villain in Casino Royale, is every inch the uptight Russian composer, while Anna Mougladis is rather enigmatic as Coco. She likes the music and likes to support artists, but just why she takes a liking to Stravinsky is not evident, unless you accept Katerina's view that she likes to buy pretty people as well as things. Here the film makers have given us a film of beauty, but one which does not explain itself. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, we can all work out our own scenarios, but aesthetic considerations seldom amount to the full story.